Bag-handle



(No Model.)

R. EISENMAN & H. VAN BREE.

BAG HANDLE.

No. 457,112. Patented Aug. 4, 1891.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

RICHARD EISENMAN AND HUBERT VAN BREE, OF RACINE, WVISUONSIN.

BAG-HANDLE.

. SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 457,112, dated August4, 1891.

Application filed March 23,1891. Serial No. 385,987. (No model.) 7

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that We, RICHARD EISENMAN and HUBERT VAN BREE, citizens ofthe United States, and residents of Racine, in the county of Racine, andin the State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Handles for Valises; and we do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description thereof.

Our invention relates to new and usefulimprovem ents in handles forvalises; and it con sists in the matters hereinafter described, and moreparticularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings, illustrating our invention, Figure 1 is aside elevation ofa valise-handle embodying our invention, one end of thesame being shown in section. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the same witha portion of the metallic strip broken away. Fig. 3 is a cross-sectionon line 3 3 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a cross-section on line 4 def Fig. 1.Fig.5 is a cross-section on line 5 5 of Fi 1. I

In said drawings, A indicates the handle, preferably formed of one pieceof leather, arranged to inclose a suitable filling B and joined togetherat its edges by stitching C.

D indicates a metallic strip arranged upon the upper side of the handleA, so as to cover the stitching C, said strip being preferably made of asufficient length to be carried down around the ends of the handle andup upon the under side of the ends of said handle, as shown in Fig. 1.

The leather cover A of the handle is carried around in the form of aloop E at each end of the handle, and a metallic lining-piece e isprovided upon the inside of each of said loops E to prevent wear of saidloops. The ends of the metallic strip D form a protecting-cover upon theoutside of said loops, and a rivet F serves to unite the leather cover,the inner metallic lining c, and the outer curved end of the metalliccovering D, as is shown in the drawings, Fig. 1.

In constructing the handles in accordance with our invention the stripof leather from which the cover of the handle is formed is bent around,as shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings, and the extreme end of said piece isinserted under the leather cover at the upper side of the end of thehandle.

By our improved form of construction a very strong and durable handle isprovided. The continuous metallic cover D makes the surface of thehandle smooth and comfortable to the hand, and the stitching of thehandle is effectually protected from injury. This is a very greatadvantage over the ordinary forms of handles, inasmuch as in all otherforms of handles the seams formingtheleather cover are exposed and arevery apt to chafe the hand, and to be therefore very uncomfortable tothe hand of the user. The metallic protecting-piece furthermore affordsa convenient means for applying the name of the owner to the valise anddoes awayWit-h the necessity of a separate name-plate. It will thus beseen that by our improved construction is provided a very simple, cheap,neat, and durable handle, and one that will be much more comfortable tothe hand than. the ordinary forms of handles.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

1. In a valise-handle, the combination,with a suitable center or body,of a tubular cover, of leather or other suitable material, saidtubularooverbein g joined together atits edges at the upper side of thehandle, and a protecting-piece formed from a single piece of metal andextending from end to end of the handle, said protecting-strip beingarranged to cover said joint, substantially as described.

2. The combination, in a valise-handle, of a suitable center or body, acovering, of leather or other suitable material, surrounding the same,said cover being formed from a single piece or strip united at its edgesat the top of the handle, the ends of said strip being bent into theform of a loop, and a metallic proteoting-stri p extendinglongitudinally of the handle over the joint between the edges of saidcovering, the ends of said protecting-strip being also bent around intothe form of loops and serving to protect the loops in the ends of thecovering, substantially as and for the purposes described.

3. In a valise-handle, the combination,with a suitable center or body,of a tubular covering formed from a singde strip of leather or othersuitable material, the edges of said strip being seamed together at theupper side of the handle, the ends of said strip being formed 5 intoloops atthe ends of the handle, a protecting strip of metal extendinglongitudinally of the handle over said seam and formed into loops at itsends, said loops serving to protect the loops on the ends of the said Toleather covering, and an inner metallic protecting-loop located upon theinside of each of said loops on the ends of said leather strip,substantially as described.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing we have hereunto set our hands,at Racine, in the I 5 county of Racine and State of \Visconsin, in thepresence of two Witnesses.

RICHARD EISENMAN. HUBERT VAN BREE. Witnesses:

JOHN W. OWEN, H. G. SMIEDING.

